Listed below are 224 marches outside the United States in support of the 2017 Women's March.
More than thirty events were organized across Canada with at least twenty organized in British Columbia alone. [1] [2]
Hundreds of Canadians were estimated to have travelled to Washington, D.C. to attend the rally. [3] [4] A number of Canadians heading to the United States to attend other protests and rallies were turned away at the Canada–United States border. [5] [6] In at least one case, border agents went through the individual's email and Facebook before denying him entry. [5]
Country | Prov. | Locations | Photo | Approximate attendance | Notes |
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The Bahamas | Freeport [7] | 20 [8] | Taino Beach, Grand Bahama [9] [10] | ||
Canada | AB | Calgary | 4,000 [11] | Calgary City Hall | |
Edmonton | 2,000 [12] – 5,000 [13] | Alberta legislature [14] | |||
Lethbridge | 500–600 [15] | corner of Mayor Magrath Drive & 9 Ave South [16] | |||
BC | Balfour | Sunshine Bay Regional Park [1] | |||
Bowen Island | 200+ [17] | Bowen Island Library | |||
Castlegar | 40–65 [18] | Pioneer Arena [1] | |||
Courtenay | Court House Park [1] [19] | ||||
Gabriola Island [20] | |||||
Grand Forks | 140 [21] | Archives Coffee House [1] | |||
Kamloops | 500 [22] | City Hall – Riverside Park | |||
Kelowna | 500+ [23] | gathering at the Sails | |||
Kootenay Bay | 70+ [24] | March hosted by the Yasodhara Ashram [1] | |||
Nanaimo | 1,000 [20] | Diana Krall Plaza [19] – Maffeo Sutton Park | |||
Pender Island | 58 [13] | Driftwood Shopping Centre | |||
Prince George | hundreds [25] | Civic Plaza [1] | |||
Revelstoke | 60 [26] – 70 [27] | Kovach Park – Centennial Park Worker's Memorial [1] | |||
Roberts Creek | 50 [25] | Gumboot Restaurant [1] | |||
Salmon Arm | 30 [28] | City Hall – Ross Street Plaza | |||
Salt Spring Island | 500–600 [29] | Salt Spring Library – Ganges [1] | |||
Tofino | Common Loaf Bake Shop [1] | ||||
Vancouver | 15,000 [30] | Actress Vera Farmiga repped the celebrities in Vancouver's march, [31] which ran from Jack Poole Plaza to Trump Tower on West Georgia Street. [30] | |||
Victoria | 2,000 [19] | Centennial Square [1] | |||
MB | Winnipeg | 1,000 [32] | Centre Court at Portage Place – Portage and Main and past the U.S. Consulate in the TD building. Organizers were hoping for as many as 500 Winnipeggers to show up but were overwhelmed by the turnout which some estimated at twice that number. [32] | ||
NB | Fredericton | close to 500 [33] | Fredericton City Hall [34] – New Brunswick Legislature [35] | ||
Saint John [34] | 200 [36] | Queen Square [37] | |||
Moncton [34] | Moncton City Hall | ||||
NL | North West River | dozen+ [38] | group snowshoe and boil-up on the beach | ||
St. John's | City Hall; due to blizzard conditions, organizers held a "virtual" rally on social media. [34] | ||||
NS | Halifax | 1,000 [39] – 2,500 [13] | Halifax City Hall | ||
Orangedale | march planned on Cape Breton Island [40] | ||||
Sandy Cove | 15 [41] | Highway 217 (population of Sandy Cove: 65) | |||
Shelburne [41] | |||||
Sydney [34] | |||||
Wolfville [34] | |||||
NWT | Yellowknife [42] | dozens [43] | Protesters braved −20 °C temperatures in a march in Yellowknife [39] | ||
ON | Guelph | hundreds [44] | Market Square | ||
Hamilton | 1,000 [45] | Hamilton City Hall | |||
Huntsville | 30+ [46] | Huntsville Place Mall | |||
Kingston [47] | 1,000 [48] | Skeleton Park (McBurney Park) – Springer Market Square [49] | |||
London | 1,400 [50] | Victoria Park. A lone Trump supporter carrying a Trump-Pence campaign sign debated with some demonstrators; while he talked with a reporter, someone snatched the sign from his hands. [51] | |||
Ottawa | 8,000 [52] | Ottawa police estimated the size of the crowd to be between 6,000 and 8,000 people. It was enough people to fill the length of Laurier Avenue West from Bronson Avenue to Metcalfe Street | |||
Port Dover | 80 [53] | event held at Powell Park | |||
St. Catharines | 200+ [54] | St. Catharines City Hall – MP Chris Bittle's office | |||
Stratford | 200–250 [55] | Stratford City Hall – Knox Presbyterian | |||
Timmins | 20 [56] | A group of 20 women and men marched to Timmins City Hall; event organized by Timmins and Area Women in Crisis (TAWC) [56] | |||
Toronto | 60,000 [57] | Tens of thousands of people showed up at Queen's Park, marched down University Avenue and ended up outside of City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square. [58] [59] Status of Women minister Maryam Monsef missed the march because she was attending meetings in her riding and preparing for the Liberal cabinet retreat. [60] | |||
PE | Charlottetown | 200 [61] | People gathered outside Province House [34] | ||
QC | Montreal | 8,000–10,000 [13] | Esplanade de la Place des Arts [62] | ||
Sutton | 100 [63] | The Principale | |||
SK | Saskatoon | 800 [64] – 1,000 [48] | Saskatoon City Hall | ||
YT | Whitehorse | 200 [43] | Several hundred people braved −35 °C temperatures for their march in solidarity with marches happening around the world. | ||
Costa Rica | Cahuita | gym at Playa Negra [65] | |||
Monteverde | 250 [66] | ||||
Nosara | 100 [67] | Playa Guiones | |||
Playa Potrero | 50 | Costa Rican Sailing Center [68] | |||
San José [69] | hundreds [70] | Post Office – Parque Central – Plaza de la Cultura [65] | |||
Guatemala | Antigua | ~100 | Calle del Arco. People chanted, "Bridges, not walls!" [71] | ||
Mexico | Ajijic [69] [72] | 500+ [73] [74] | Ajijic Cultural Center – Colón de Ajijic Street [73] | ||
Álamos | 100 [75] | ||||
El Sargento | 50 [76] | rally organized by a group of US residents in Baja California Sur | |||
La Manzanilla | 400 [77] | The Jardin | |||
Mazatlán | 30–100 [78] | Escudo in Olas Altas, near the Hotel Posada Freeman – Cliffdiver's Plaza (El Clavadista) [79] | |||
Mérida | 500 [80] | Hennessy's Irish Pub | |||
Mexico City | hundreds | The march in Mexico City was so large that the crowd of people, both Mexican and American, stretched all along the route from the US Embassy [81] to the Angel of Independence. [82] Demonstrators protested against both President Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto (whose domestic approval rating stood even lower at 12%), and called for gender equality and women's rights. [83] | |||
Oaxaca City | 2,000 [84] | Santo Domingo Church – Metropolitan Cathedral | |||
Playa del Carmen | 95 [85] | Portal Maya – Ah Cacao on Calle 40th [86] | |||
San Miguel de Allende | 2,000 [87] | Parque Juarez [88] [89] | |||
San Pancho | 1,000 [90] | soccer field on Tercer Mundo – Plaza del Sol [91] | |||
Todos Santos | event planned at Town Plaza [92] | ||||
Zihuatanejo | 40 | walk down LaRopa Beach from Patty's to Rosie's [93] | |||
Nicaragua | Managua | 50 [94] | U.S. embassy | ||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Charlestown | march planned: Café des Arts – Court House square (via Main St) [95] |
Country | Locations | Photo | Approximate attendance | Notes |
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Argentina | Buenos Aires [69] | 100 | People gathered in front of the US embassy in Argentina. [96] The protest was spontaneously organized by an American woman living in Buenos Aires, and joined by many American and Argentinean women and men. Other local political movements also joined, like Las Piqueteras. [97] | |
Brazil | Brasília [69] | 26–30 | Dozens of people held hands in a circle outside Museu Nacional da República. [98] | |
Rio de Janeiro | 150 [99] | Demonstrators marched along the beach (Praça Nossa Senhora da Paz – Ipanema) [100] during Rio's Women's March. | ||
Chile | Santiago [69] | 50 [101] | US Embassy | |
Colombia | Bogotá [69] | 150 [102] | square near the Parque El Virrey in Bogotá's Chico neighborhood | |
Ecuador | Cuenca | 70 [103] | Parque Calderón – San Sebastián plaza [104] | |
Quito | ||||
Peru | Chiclayo | event planned in Jose Leonardo Ortiz District [105] | ||
Lima [69] | 30–40 [106] |
Country | Locations | Photo | Approximate attendance | Notes |
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Austria | Vienna | 2,000 [42] [107] | In Vienna, people met in front of the Karlskirche in the first district. The march went through the first district and ended in the Stadtpark. [108] With sub-zero temperatures around −7 °C (~20 °F), only one or two hundred people were expected to show up to support the movement, so it was a great shock when the actual turnout reached as high as two thousand [108] before quickly thinning down to several hundred. [42] [107] Many students from various schools in Vienna, ranging from local to international, made an appearance. There were many signs calling for gender equality, human rights, and LGBTQ+ rights. Some people even took this opportunity to call upon the government to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis, which was currently a problem for Austria and other European countries. | |
Belgium | Brussels | 2,000 | On Friday evening, January 20, people gathered at the "Muntplein" in central Brussels for a candlelight protest of Trump's inauguration. [81] | |
Bermuda | Hamilton | 120+ [109] | Par-la-Ville Park [110] / Queen Elizabeth Park [111] | |
Bulgaria | Sofia | Protesters gathered in front of the Sofia University. [81] | ||
Croatia | Zagreb | hundreds [112] | Protesters led by the representatives from the Citizens' Initiative "United Against Hate" gathered at Cvjetni Square [113] and the Square of Petar Preradović at 11:55 am (In the Balkans, expression "five to noon" symbolizes the very last moment to take action). The organizers' slogan was "Our fight lasts throughout the year." [114] | |
Czech Republic | Prague | 700 [115] | People gathered in Wenceslas Square in freezing weather, mockingly waving portraits of Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin, as well banners that read "Love Trumps Hate". [116] [117] | |
Denmark | Copenhagen | 5,000 [118] | Protesters marched from the US-embassy to the parliament. [118] | |
Finland | Helsinki | hundreds [119] | People gathered in Kamppi Square in solidarity to defend women's rights and the environment. They emphasized that these issues concern all people, not only Americans or women. The organizers' slogan was "When there's nothing you can do, you can not just do nothing." The rally included members of parliament Ozan Yanar, Ville Niinistö, Eva Biaudet, and Paavo Arhinmäki. [119] | |
France | Auvillar [120] | 35+ [121] | Place de la Halle [122] | |
Bordeaux | 300 [123] | Place de la Comédie – American Consulate | ||
Lyon | hundreds [124] | |||
Marseille [82] | 200 | Vieux Port at the Ombriere [125] | ||
Montpellier | 1,500 [126] | Place du Peyrou – Place de la Comédie | ||
Nice [120] | 45+ [127] | 5 Place Masséna [128] | ||
Paris | 7,000+ [129] | In Paris, 7,000 people, according to police, gathered at Trocadero Square [81] to tell their rejection of Donald Trump and defend women's rights. Most slogans were written in English. At 4 pm, the protesters arrived at their destination in front of the Peace Wall. | ||
Poitiers | 50–75 [130] | Place du Marché [131] | ||
Strasbourg | 500 [132] | Place Kléber | ||
Toulouse [82] | 700 [133] | Following the march, a candlelight vigil was held at Esplanade François Mitterrand (between Place Wilson and the entrance to Metro Jean Jaurés). [134] | ||
Germany | Berlin | 500–650 [135] | Hundreds of people gathered in front of the US embassy [136] at the Brandenburg Gate on Saturday. On posters were slogans like "Trump is not a Berliner". | |
Bonn | 100 [137] – 200 [138] | Kaiserplatz – main train station – Marktplatz | ||
Düsseldorf | 100 [139] | Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz [140] | ||
Frankfurt | 2,100 [137] | The largest of Germany's rallies took place in Frankfurt, with over 2,000 protesters marching through the city center. [141] [142] | ||
Hamburg | 700 [143] | Destination given as "Bad Homburg auf der Höhe" on the womensmarch.com/sisters website, but actually at the U.S. Consolate General | ||
Heidelberg | 800 [142] – 1,000 [144] | Friedrich-Ebert-Platz – Heidelberg City Hall. [145] Apart from the hundreds of demonstrators (mostly women), police counted only four Trump fans. [146] | ||
Munich | 600 [147] – 1,000 [148] | Hundreds of people marched from the US Consulate General to the city center. | ||
Greece | Athens | 100–1,000+ | Protesters marched in the streets of Athens for human rights, women's rights, and refugee rights. Large numbers of refugees and children joined the protests. Signs had Anti-fascism and pro-immigrant slogans and chants echoed those around the world in condemning far right agendas and the need for the equality of women. Crowds gathered first at Syntagma Square then marched to the U.S. Embassy in Athens. [82] [149] [150] | |
Hungary | Budapest [69] | 400 [136] – 500 [151] | Freedom Square, in front of US Embassy [81] – Danube embankment – Chain Bridge [152] | |
Iceland | Reykjavík | 200 [153] | Arnarhóll – Austurvellir | |
Ireland | Galway [136] | 250–300 | A crowd of around 250 to 300 people gathered in Eyre Square in Galway in the afternoon. Attendees heard calls for a united front to counter the impact of the new US administration. [154] | |
Castlebar [136] | 120 [155] | "Bridges not Walls" rally in Market Square [156] [157] | ||
Dublin | 5,000 [158] | Thousands gathered to march down O'Connell Street. [136] Though the march was originally planned to conclude with a rally at the General Post Office, crowds became so large it had to be moved to Parnell Square. [159] The march was organized by the Abortion Rights Campaign, Amnesty International Ireland, European Network Against Racism, ROSA, [160] and The Coalition to Repeal the 8th, and supported by groups such as the National Women's Council of Ireland and the Union of Students in Ireland. | ||
Italy | Florence [69] | 150+ [161] | the American Consulate | |
Milan | 250 [162] | La Scala opera house | ||
Rome | hundreds | Protesters gathered outside the Pantheon [81] in Rome. Their messages included "Women's rights are human rights" and "Yes we must". [82] | ||
Kosovo | Pristina | hundreds | In Pristina, capital of the largely Muslim former Yugoslav republic of Kosovo, a few hundred protestors, mostly women, joined a protest against the new Trump administration. [82] [115] | |
Latvia | Riga | 200 [163] | Approximately 200 people gathered to march from the Poļu Gate through the Old Town, ending at the Freedom Monument. [164] | |
Lithuania | Vilnius | 120 [165] | Vincas Kudirka Square [166] | |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | 3,000 [167] | Museumplein [168] – US Consolate [81] | |
The Hague | 1,000 [169] | Protestors walked from Maliveld to the US Embassy. [170] | ||
Roermond [168] | ||||
Norway | Bergen | 500–1,000 [171] | Several hundred people gathered at Festplassen in Bergen. [171] | |
Oslo | 2,000 [172] – 3,000 [171] | Hundreds gathered for speeches at Youngstorget in central Oslo. [171] | ||
Stavanger | ||||
Trondheim [171] | 280 [173] | Trondheim Square | ||
Poland | Gdańsk | 40 [174] | Długi Targ (Long Market), near Neptune | |
Kraków | 100 | Participants gathered in front of the US Consulate. [175] | ||
Warsaw [69] [176] | 200 [81] | office of the Prime Minister – U.S. Embassy in Warsaw | ||
Portugal | Angra do Heroísmo [177] | |||
Braga [178] | event planned at Praça da República [179] | |||
Coimbra [178] | 100+ [180] | Praça 8 de Maio [181] | ||
Faro [178] | ||||
Lisbon | 500+ | Marched next to the embassy of the United States of America. [182] | ||
Porto | hundreds [183] | Praça dos Poveiros [178] | ||
Serbia | Belgrade [69] | ~50 [81] | ||
Slovakia | Piešťany [184] | |||
Slovenia | Ljubljana | In Ljubljana, Slovenia, home country of first lady Melania Trump, organizers said they could not get permission from the city in time for a march and instead encouraged supporters to "get together with friends on this day and to walk." [185] | ||
Spain | Barcelona | 700 [186] | Plaça Urquinaona – Plaça Sant Jaume [187] | |
Granada | dozens [188] | Fuente de las Batallas | ||
Madrid | 550 (total) | (Jan 20) In Madrid, on the day of Trump's inauguration, a group called Madrid Resistance (500 people) marched from Plaza de Isabel II to Puerta del Sol. [189] (Jan. 21) About 50 protesters gathered at the US Embassy in Madrid to show international solidarity against Trump's "homophobic, xenophobic, and racist" policies. [190] | ||
Sweden | Stockholm | 4,000 [191] | Norrmalmstorg Square [192] – US Embassy | |
Åre | 50–60 [193] | A protest on cross-country skis took place. [194] | ||
Switzerland | Geneva | 2,500 [195] – 3,000 [196] | Pont du Mont-Blanc bridge – along the Lake Geneva shoreline. [196] | |
Zürich | 10,000+ [197] | (Mar. 18) Because Zurich was not granted a march permit on the same day as Geneva and other cities, thousands of people had to wait until March (International Women's Day) to take to the streets, with “the same commitment” as the global movement. [198] | ||
United Kingdom | Barnstaple | 200+ [199] | Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon – High Street | |
Bristol [200] | 1,000+ | More than 1,000 marched from Queen Square to College Green [201] | ||
Lancaster | 500 [202] | A rally was held at Dalton Square, under the statue of Victoria. [203] | ||
Leeds | hundreds [204] | Leeds city centre | ||
Liverpool | 1,000+ [205] | St. George's Hall | ||
London | 100,000 [200] | Protesters marched 2 miles (3.2 km) in London from Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, past the US embassy and onto Trafalgar Square. [200] [206] London Mayor Sadiq Khan was present. [82] Speakers included Sandi Toksvig and Yvette Cooper. [201] Issues included women's, workers', and LGBT rights, as well as Brexit. [82] Celebrity participants included Ian McKellen, Gillian Anderson, John C. Reilly, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sharon Horgan, Josh Gad, Rebecca Hall, Thandie Newton and Riz Ahmed. [31] | ||
Manchester [200] | 2,000 [207] | Albert Square | ||
Shipley | 1,500 [208] | Shipley Market Square | ||
Southampton | hundreds [209] | Bargate Monument [210] | ||
St Austell | 100 [211] | Portholland | ||
York | hundreds [212] | The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter, aka York Minster | ||
Belfast | 200–300 [213] | Belfast City Hall; hundreds came [214] [215] | ||
Aberdeen | (Jan 20) On the same day that Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th US president, protests were held across Scotland. [216] | |||
Edinburgh | 2,200+ | Edinburgh's US Consulate saw two women's marches in January 2017. The first one, held on Friday the 20th, saw hundreds march in from the North Bridge to Regent Terrace. [216] The second one on Saturday the 21st, organized through social media by Leah Higgins and Calum Stewart, both 16, attracted at least 2,000 people. [217] [218] | ||
Glasgow [216] | 60+ [219] | (Jan 20) A crowd of protesters gathered at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow. [216] | ||
Cardiff [200] | 1,000 | Singer, actress & activist Charlotte Church, who had previously declined an invite to perform at Trump's inauguration, joined the Cardiff's Women's March. [220] |
Country | Locations | Photo | Approximate attendance | Notes |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | event planned at Steven's Place [221] | ||
Ghana | Accra [69] | 22+ [81] | Protesters in front of the US embassy in Accra held a banner saying, "United in Diversity" [222] | |
Kenya | Nairobi [82] | 700 [223] [72] | In Karura Forest, [224] hundreds of rally participants met at Amani Gardens, across from the River Cafe, and marched a 2-kilometer route before gathering to picnic, celebrate, and hear speeches and performances. [225] [226] | |
Malawi | Lilongwe [82] | 40+ [227] | ||
Morocco | Rabat | 23 [228] | Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art | |
Nigeria | Jos | Protesters gathered in Jos, Plateau State and marched to the state's House of Assembly to demand the passage of a gender equality bill that has been stalled. [229] | ||
South Africa | Cape Town [82] | 500 [230] | Women gathered at Company's Garden for a solidarity march with the Washington protesters. [231] In addition to questioning Trump's leadership, one of the messages was "Climate change is a women's issue". [82] | |
Durban [69] [81] | Durban CBD – U.S. Consulate [232] | |||
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 220 | The march occurred on Msasani Road and promoted Women's Health and Safety in Tanzania. [a] | |
Uganda | Kampala | event planned at Yasigi Beer Garden [234] | ||
Zambia | Lusaka | 140 [235] | Kabulonga roundabout – Gymkhana [236] | |
Zimbabwe | Harare | 40–80 | Zimbabwe women in the upmarket Borrowdale suburb of Harare were seen marching in demonstration against the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. This irked the Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe party leader Barbara Nyagomo, who noted that in the protests against President Robert Mugabe's brutal regime, such women would not show up. [237] |
Country | Locations | Photo | Approximate attendance | Notes |
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East Timor | Dili | march planned: Caz Bar – Christo Rei parking area [238] | ||
Georgia | Tbilisi [69] | 300 [239] | Tbilisi Concert Hall – Old Parliament Building, Rustaveli Avenue | |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong [69] | 20+ | Individual groups banded together in unofficial mini movements across Hong Kong. | |
India | Agra | near the Taj Mahal | ||
Ahmedabad [81] | 153 [240] | Central Mall, Ambawadi | ||
Bangalore | 300 [241] – 500 [242] | Thousands marched across India with rallies in 30 cities [241] in solidarity against rape, as well as following the Women's March itself. The movement began following the response by Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi to the mass molestation incident in Bangalore on New Years 2017. [243] Azmi said that "women should not go out after sunset." The protests and marches thus used the hashtag #IWillGoOut. [244] Bangalore's march began at City Railway Station and ended at Freedom Park. [245] | ||
Bhopal [241] | dozens [246] | Bittan Market [247] [248] | ||
Chandigarh | 92 [249] | Panjab University Campus, Sector 14 | ||
Chennai [241] | 43 [250] | |||
Coimbatore | CCD Race Course [251] | |||
Dwarka (Delhi) | 100 [252] | Sector 7, Maxfort School [253] | ||
Gurgaon | 27 [254] | Galleria Market – Leisure Valley | ||
Hyderabad [241] | 400 [255] | Jalvihar Necklace Road – People's Plaza [256] | ||
Jaipur | 40 [257] | Statue Circle | ||
Jammu | Jammu University [258] | |||
Karimganj [259] | ||||
Kolkata [241] | dozens [260] | Allen Park, Park Street | ||
Lucknow | 231 [261] | 1090 Crossing, Gomtinagar [262] | ||
Mumbai [241] [257] | 60+ [263] [264] | Veer Kotwal Udyan, Dadar West, opposite Plaza Cinema [265] | ||
Nagpur | 15 [266] | |||
New Delhi | hundreds [257] | Mandi House – Jantar Mantar | ||
Puducherry | 119 [267] | Baskin Robbins SV Pattel Salai Road – Dupleix Statue | ||
Pune [241] | 60+ [268] | Rani Laxmibai Park [269] – Hotel Aurora Towers / MG Road [270] [271] | ||
Ranchi | 3 [272] | |||
Saligao (Goa) | 56 [273] | Goa Chapter; Saligao main road [274] | ||
Silchar | 168 [275] | Taruni Road Point – Khudiram Statue | ||
Thiruvananthapuram | 11 | Trivandrum chapter; Palayam Market [276] | ||
Thrissur | 30+ [277] | Kerala Sahitya Akademi | ||
Indonesia | Jakarta [278] | 700+ [279] | (March 4) Hundreds of people gathered near the National Monument, [280] sending a plea for maintaining gender equality, ending street harassment and LGBT discrimination, etc. March was organized individually. | |
Yogyakarta | hundreds | Women gathered in the city of Yogyakarta to promote peace and women's rights. [281] | ||
Iraq | Erbil | hundreds | A group of demonstrators in Iraqi Kurdistan, both locals and expats, met at the Erbil Main Square Citadel on Saturday night to show their support for women's rights. [282] | |
Israel | Tel Aviv | 400–500 | Protestors gathered outside the U.S. Embassy. The local time accommodated the local Sabbath observance as well as the time zone difference. The majority in attendance were American Israelis, along with immigrants from other Anglophone countries and native Israelis. Chanting in Hebrew and English and holding signs, the protests aimed at Trump also included opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government's policies, particularly the occupation of the Palestinian territories. [283] | |
Japan | Osaka | 84 [284] | (Friday, Jan. 20) Kansai Women's (Night) March and Inauguration Peace Vigil was held in Nakanoshima Park. [285] | |
Tokyo | 650 | (Friday, Jan. 20) Protestors, mostly expatriates and women, marched in Tokyo's Hibiya Park, far exceeding the 150 who registered. The event was organized by Erica Summers, a Los Angeles resident who was traveling abroad at the time of the March of Washington, with assistance from Democrats Abroad. [286] | ||
Jordan | Amman | 30+ | Women held workshops in the city of Amman to promote women's rights and tolerance. [281] | |
Lebanon | Beirut | 30+ | A women-led event consisting of dialogue and action workshops was held in Lebanon in lieu of a public rally. [282] | |
Macau | Macau [69] [81] | 100 [287] | The protesters started their march from the Taipa Houses-Museum, walked along Estrada Governador Nobre de Carvalho, and arrived outside the Venetian in Cotai. | |
Myanmar | Yangon | dozens | Because political circumstances would not permit a march, dozens of people instead attended a "solidarity picnic". [288] | |
Philippines [289] | Manila [96] | 500+ | Marched in front of the US Embassy in Manila. Protest was led by leftist feminist group GABRIELA Women's Party. Aside from women's rights issues, the march also protested American imperialist and neoliberal policies. [290] | |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 800+ | More than 800 women planned to gather at the Riyadh Marriott Hotel on Saturday morning; however, the official Saudi Arabia march got off to a rough start when its website was hacked. [291] | |
South Korea | Seoul | 1,000 [292] | Protesters gathered and marched near Gangnam Station (in the snow). [293] [294] | |
Thailand | Bangkok [69] | 90 [295] | Roadhouse BBQ | |
Chiang Mai | 35 [295] | Activists held a picnic in a park. | ||
Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | The Dublin Gate Irish Pub Saigon [296] |
Country | Locations | Photo | Approximate attendance | Notes |
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Australia | Brisbane | 400+ [297] | King George Square | |
Canberra | 1,000 [185] | Participants gathered in Garema Place. [42] | ||
Melbourne | 5,000 [298] – 7,000 [185] | People marched in from the State Library of Victoria to Parliament House. [298] | ||
Sydney | 8,000–10,000 [299] | Protesters gathered in Hyde Park, [299] then marched to the US Consulate. [81] Some Australian Trump supporters paid a skywriting company $4,000 to write "TRUMP" in the sky during the march. [300] | ||
New Zealand | Auckland | 2,000 [301] | Because of time differences, the first women's marches held were in New Zealand. In Auckland, people marched from the US Consulate, near Britomart, up Queen Street to Myers Park. [301] [302] | |
Christchurch | 400 | Hundreds of people gathered at Victoria Square [302] | ||
Dunedin | 400 | Rally held in the Octagon [302] | ||
Invercargill [302] | ||||
Wellington [82] | 600 [301] – 1,000+ [302] | At least 600 gathered at Parliament. [301] |
Country | Locations | Photo | Approximate attendance | Notes |
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Antarctica | McMurdo Station | 95 [303] | About 95 of McMurdo Station's 800 people marched to Hut Point, the site of the hut of the Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott. Marchers did not carry signs because nearly all poster materials at the station are U.S. Government property. [303] | |
Paradise Bay | 30 [304] | An international group of about thirty men and women, ranging in age from 24 to 87, traveled to Paradise Bay for a "pro-peace, pro-environment" march, highlighting the environmental issues that affect the Antarctica climate they feel is threatened by Trump's stated policies. [82] [304] Signs included "Penguins for Peace" and "Save the Planet." Their march expanded the movement to seven continents. [305] |
The Proud Boys is a North American far-right, neo-fascist militant organization that promotes and engages in political violence. The group's leaders have been convicted of violently opposing the federal government of the United States, including its constitutionally-prescribed transfer of presidential power. It has been called a street gang and was designated as a terrorist group in Canada and New Zealand. The Proud Boys are opposed to left-wing and progressive groups and support Donald Trump, the former president of the United States. While Proud Boys leadership has denied being a white supremacist organization, the group and some of its members have been connected to white supremacist events, ideologies, and other white-power groups throughout its existence.
Protests against Donald Trump have occurred in the United States and internationally since his entry into the 2016 presidential campaign. Protests have expressed opposition to Trump's campaign rhetoric, his electoral win, his first inauguration, his alleged history of sexual misconduct and various presidential actions, most notably his travel ban in 2017 and aggressive family separation policy in 2018. Some protests have taken the form of walk-outs, business closures, and petitions as well as rallies, demonstrations, and marches. While most protests have been peaceful, actionable conduct such as vandalism and assaults on Trump supporters has occurred. Some protesters have been criminally charged with rioting. The largest organized protest against Trump was the day after his inauguration; millions protested on January 21, 2017, during the Women's March, with each individual city's protest taken into consideration, makes it the largest single-day protest in the history of the United States.
The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which were considered misogynistic and represented a threat to the rights of women. It was at the time the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, being surpassed 3 years later by the George Floyd protests. The goal of the annual marches is to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, disability justice, reproductive rights, the environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, workers' rights and tolerance. According to organizers, the goal was to "send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights".
The Women's March on Portland, also known as the Portland Women's March, the Women's March on Washington, Portland, and Women's March Portland, was an event in Portland, Oregon. Scheduled to coincide with the 2017 Women's March, it was held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The march was one of the largest public protests in Oregon's history with crowd estimates as high as 100,000 participants. No arrests were made during the demonstration.
Numerous protests have taken place in opposition to Donald Trump, a politician, media personality, and businessman who was the president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and has been the president-elect since 2024.
The March for Science was an international series of rallies and marches held on Earth Day. The inaugural march was held on April 22, 2017, in Washington, D.C., and more than 600 other cities across the world. According to organizers, the march was a non-partisan movement to celebrate science and the role it plays in everyday lives. The goals of the marches and rallies were to emphasize that science upholds the common good and to call for evidence-based policy in the public's best interest. The March for Science organizers, estimated global attendance at 1.07 million, with 100,000 participants estimated for the main March in Washington, D.C., 70,000 in Boston, 60,000 in Chicago, 50,000 in Los Angeles, 50,000 in San Francisco, 20,000 in Seattle, 14,000 in Phoenix, and 11,000 in Berlin.
"Not My Presidents Day" was a series of rallies against the president of the United States, Donald Trump, held on Washington's Birthday, February 20, 2017. Protests were held in dozens of cities throughout the United States. Demonstrations were also held outside London's Houses of Parliament.
There were several protests organized by the LGBTQ community against the policies of United States President Donald Trump and his administration.
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Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during the 2016 election campaign and over 25,000 times during his presidency. The White House said the tweets should be considered official statements. When Twitter banned Trump from the platform in January 2021 during the final days of his term, his handle @realDonaldTrump had over 88.9 million followers. On November 19, 2022, Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, reinstated his account, although Trump had stated he would not use it in favor of his own social media platform, Truth Social. The first tweet since 2021 was made in August 2023 about his mugshot from Fulton County Jail, but the account remained inactive until he tweeted again in August 2024.
Patriot Prayer is an American far-right group founded by Joey Gibson in 2016 and based in Vancouver, Washington, a suburban city in the Portland metropolitan area. Since 2016, the group has organized several dozen pro-gun, pro-Trump rallies held in cities in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Often met with large numbers of counter-protesters, attendees have repeatedly clashed with left-wing groups in the Portland area. Far-right groups, such as the Proud Boys, have attended the rallies organized by Patriot Prayer, as well as white nationalists, sparking controversy and violence.
Families Belong Together refers both to an advocacy campaign devoted to reuniting immigrant families that were separated at the US-Mexico border by a Trump administration policy introduced in spring 2018, and also specifically to a series of protests on June 30, 2018 in Washington, D.C., New York City, and 700 other cities and towns in the United States. Very large crowds turned out to those events despite heat waves in many areas, including in Washington, D.C.
Protests began in multiple cities in the United States following the 2020 United States presidential election between then-President Donald Trump and Democratic Party challenger Vice President Joe Biden, held on November 3, 2020. Biden won the election, receiving 81.3 million votes (51.3%) to Trump's 74.2 million (46.9%) and winning the Electoral College by 306 to 232. Biden's victory became clear on November 7, after the ballots had been tabulated. The Electoral College voted on December 14, in accordance with law, formalizing Biden's victory.
The 2017 Lincoln Nebraska Women's March was a political demonstration of approximately 3,000 to 4,000 women in Lincoln, Nebraska. It took place on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The Lincoln march was part of a larger movement of anti-Trump women's marches that happened across the United States.
Thousands of people turned out in the country's capital, forcing the demonstration to be moved from the GPO to Parnell Square to cope with the crowds.
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